Space Industry Analysis
Jul 12, 2022
The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope developed by NASA and Northrop Grumman—the largest, most effective, and most complex set of scientific…
Jul 11, 2022
As NASA invites bids to build and fly its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, technology editor Graham Warwick and senior editor Guy Norris hear how this aircraft will differ from the agency’s prior X-planes. They talked to Rich Wahls, NASA’s newly appointed Sustainable Flight National Partnership mission integration manager at the AIAA Aviation 2022 conference in Chicago.
Jul 08, 2022
Novel algorithm is behind startup’s claimed breakthrough
Jul 08, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jul 07, 2022
U.S. Air Force seeds new tanker competition; Aerojet’s new board; Europe seeks airlifter; and Northrop chooses Airbus satellite bus.
Jul 04, 2022
With a mostly successful tanking test complete, NASA sets its sights on Moon rocket’s first flight.
Sep 13, 2023
The ArianeGroup subsidiary plans to conduct a hot fire test of the Maia rocket's upper stage in 2024.
Sep 12, 2023
The U.S. Space Force is standing up two new units that will target challenges emerging to electronic warfare and positioning, navigation and timing.
Sep 12, 2023
Three of NASA’s four Crew-6 astronauts who recently returned from the International Space Station expressed satisfaction with their contributions.
Sep 12, 2023
The challenges include establishing a sustained human presence at the Moon to prepare for human expeditions to Mars and introducing commercial space stations.
Sep 12, 2023
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband constellation is seen as a major driver in that growth.
Sep 12, 2023
Satellite constellation projects are materializing, creating a need for launches, especially to low Earth orbit.
Sep 11, 2023
Telesat signed a 14-flight contract with SpaceX to deploy its Lightspeed broadband satellite constellation, the companies said Sept. 11.
Sep 11, 2023
The company is demonstrating the platform at its Littleton, Colorado, campus.